{"id":329,"date":"2018-03-31T18:36:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T18:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/03\/31\/20183313kqo49efjp7x25yhd2xg3kb5ahdrx1\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:46:06","slug":"20183313kqo49efjp7x25yhd2xg3kb5ahdrx1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/03\/31\/20183313kqo49efjp7x25yhd2xg3kb5ahdrx1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamden unveils new veterans plaque at Hamden Veterans&#8217; Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:75.0%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_5309.jpg\" alt=\"On Saturday March 31,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Hamden unveiled a brass plaque commemorating 151 veterans. The plaque will serve as an addition to the Hamden Veterans' Memorial.\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_5309.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_5309.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"On Saturday March 31,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Hamden unveiled a brass plaque commemorating 151 veterans. The plaque will serve as an addition to the Hamden Veterans' Memorial.\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5abfceeb575d1f2de638febf\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>On Saturday March 31,&nbsp;&nbsp;Hamden unveiled a brass plaque commemorating 151 veterans. The plaque will serve as an addition to the Hamden Veterans&#8217; Memorial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Cliff Nadel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Hamden Town Clerk Vera Morrison and the Hamden Veterans Commission unveiled a new brass plaque containing the names of 151 Hamden veterans.The ceremony took place in front of Hamden Middle School on Dixwell Avenue, with a full crowd in attendance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The plaque is the fifth addition since the memorials installment in 1991, according to Morrison.&nbsp;The 2.5 ton memorial is said to contain the names of more than 8,000 Hamden veterans.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:75.0%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/32_image-asset.jpg\" alt=\"Upon the plaques unveiling family, friends, Hamden residents and veterans lined up to take a picture of the new plaque.\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/32_image-asset.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/32_image-asset.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1875\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Upon the plaques unveiling family, friends, Hamden residents and veterans lined up to take a picture of the new plaque.\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5abfcf7f575d1f2de639150b\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Upon the plaques unveiling family, friends, Hamden residents and veterans lined up to take a picture of the new plaque.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the Mayor of Hamden, Curt Leng, wasn&#8217;t present due to prior engagements regarding the holiday weekend, Morrison read a statement on his behalf. Referring to Hamden veterans,&nbsp;Leng said the town is &#8221; truly, truly grateful for everything you&#8217;ve done for us.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Contribution by Thamar Bailey<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, Hamden Town Clerk Vera Morrison and the Hamden Veterans Commission unveiled a new brass plaque containing the names of 151 Hamden veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hamden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}